Publications

  1. Montes D, Myasoedova E, Kodishala C, George RJ, Hanson AC, Kronzer VL, Davis JM 3rd, Crowson CS. Multimorbidity burden predicts lower likelihood of remission and higher likelihood of disease flare in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. RMD Open. 2025 Aug 5; 11 (3) Epub 2025 Aug 05
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  2. Brooks RT, Hulshizer CA, Hanson AC, Davis JM 3rd, Kronzer VL, Myasoedova E, Crowson CS. Cumulative Incidence of Cancer Screening for Breast, Cervical, Prostate, and Colorectal Cancer in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. J Rheumatol. 2025 Jul 25 Epub 2025 July 25
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  3. McDermott GC, Moll M, Cho MH, Hayashi K, Juge PA, Doyle TJ, Paudel ML, Kinney GL, Kronzer VL, Kim JS, O'Keeffe LA, Davis NA, Bernstein EJ, Dellaripa PF, Regan EA, Hunninghake GM, Silverman EK, Ash SY, San Jose Estepar R, Washko GR, Sparks JA. Polygenic risk scores for rheumatoid arthritis and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and associations with RA, interstitial lung abnormalities, and quantitative interstitial abnormalities among smokers. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2025 Jun; 72:152708 Epub 2025 Mar 15
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  4. Kronzer VL, Williamson KA, Hanson AC, Sletten JA, Sparks JA, Davis JM 3rd, Crowson CS. Quantifying and improving rheumatoid arthritis algorithm performance in biobank settings. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2025 Jun; 72:152668 Epub 2025 Feb 22
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  5. George RJ, Frechette N, Oviedo M, Javed I, Achenbach SJ, Lennon RJ, Kimbrough BA, Joerns EK, Kronzer VL, Gingery A, Davis JM 3rd, Crowson CS, Myasoedova E. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome as an Early Underrecognized Feature of Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Population-Based Study of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Occurrence Before and After Rheumatoid Arthritis Incidence. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2025 May 5 Epub 2025 May 05
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  6. Giblon RE, Achenbach SJ, Myasoedova E, Davis JM 3rd, Kronzer VL, Bobo WV, Crowson CS. Trends in Anxiety and Depression Among Individuals With Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Population-Based Study. J Rheumatol. 2025 Mar 1; 52 (3):210-218 Epub 2025 Mar 01
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  7. Kronzer VL, Williamson KA, Hayashi K, Atkinson EJ, Crowson CS, Wang X, Cui J, Cerhan JR, Sletten JA, McDermott GC, Joerns EK, Vassallo R, Davis JM, Sparks JA. Uncovering specific genetic-respiratory disease endotypes for rheumatoid arthritis risk. Ann Rheum Dis. 2025 Feb; 84 (2):221-231 Epub 2025 Jan 02
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  8. Kronzer VL, Yang Y, Roul P, Crooks JL, Crowson CS, Davis JM 3rd, Sparks JA, Pierce JR, O'Dell K, Sauer BC, Cannon GW, Baker JF, Mikuls TR, England BR. Associations of Fire Smoke and Other Pollutants With Incident Rheumatoid Arthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2025 Jan 12 [Epub ahead of print]
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  9. Kronzer VL, Williamson KA, Hayashi K, Atkinson EJ, Crowson CS, Wang X, Cui J, Cerhan JR, Sletten JA, McDermott GC, Joerns EK, Vassallo R, Davis JM, Sparks JA. Uncovering specific genetic-respiratory disease endotypes for rheumatoid arthritis risk. Ann Rheum Dis. 2024 Nov 1 Epub 2024 Nov 01
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  10. Chang D, Gupta VK, Hur B, Cobo-Lopez S, Cunningham KY, Han NS, Lee I, Kronzer VL, Teigen LM, Karnatovskaia LV, Longbrake EE, Davis JM 3rd, Nelson H, Sung J. Gut Microbiome Wellness Index 2 enhances health status prediction from gut microbiome taxonomic profiles. Nat Commun. 2024 Aug 28; 15 (1):7447
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  11. Stevens MA, Dykhoff HJ, Kronzer VL, Myasoedova E, Davis JM 3rd, Duarte-Garcia A, Crowson CS. Disparities in multimorbidity and comorbidities in rheumatoid arthritis by sex across the lifespan. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2024 May 3; 63 (6):1639-1648
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  12. Kronzer VL, Sparks JA, Raychaudhuri S, Cerhan JR. Low-frequency and rare genetic variants associated with rheumatoid arthritis risk. Nat Rev Rheumatol. 2024 May; 20 (5):290-300 Epub 2024 Mar 27
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  13. Crowson CS, Atkinson EJ, Kronzer VL, Kimbrough BA, Arment CA, Peterson LS, Wright K, Mason TG 2nd, Bekele DI, Davis JM 3rd, Myasoedova E. Comorbidity clusters in patients with rheumatoid arthritis identify a patient phenotype with a favourable prognosis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2024 Apr 11; 83 (5):556-563
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  14. Kronzer VL, Davis JM, Hanson AC, Sparks JA, Myasoedova E, Duarte-Garcia A, Hinze AM, Makol A, Koster MJ, Vassallo R, Warrington KJ, Wright K, Crowson CS. Association between sinusitis and incident rheumatic diseases: a population-based study. RMD Open. 2024 Feb 22; 10 (1)
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  15. Kronzer VL, Hayashi K, Crowson CS, Davis JM, McDermott GC, Cui J, Losina E, Juge PA, Cerhan JR, Sparks JA. Gene-respiratory disease interactions for rheumatoid arthritis risk. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2023 Dec; 63:152254 Epub 2023 Aug 12
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  16. Crowson LP, Davis JM 3rd, Hanson AC, Myasoedova E, Kronzer VL, Makol A, Peterson LS, Bekele DI, Crowson CS. Time Trends in Glucocorticoid Use in Rheumatoid Arthritis During the Biologics Era: 1999-2018. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2023 Aug; 61:152219 Epub 2023 May 05
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  17. Kronzer VL, Kimbrough BA, Crowson CS, Davis JM 3rd, Holmqvist M, Ernste FC. Incidence, Prevalence, and Mortality of Dermatomyositis: A Population-Based Cohort Study. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2023 Feb; 75 (2):348-355 Epub 2022 Oct 06
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  18. Crowson CS, Gunderson TM, Davis JM 3rd, Myasoedova E, Kronzer VL, Coffey CM, Atkinson EJ. Using Unsupervised Machine Learning Methods to Cluster Comorbidities in a Population-Based Cohort of Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2023 Feb; 75 (2):210-219 Epub 2022 Sept 15
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  19. Kronzer VL, Hayashi K, Yoshida K, Davis JM 3rd, McDermott GC, Huang W, Dellaripa PF, Cui J, Feathers V, Gill RR, Hatabu H, Nishino M, Blaustein R, Crowson CS, Robinson WH, Sokolove J, Liao KP, Weinblatt ME, Shadick NA, Doyle TJ, Sparks JA. Autoantibodies against citrullinated and native proteins and prediction of rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease: A nested case-control study. Lancet Rheumatol. 2023 Feb; 5 (2):e77-e87 Epub 2023 Jan 24
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  20. Kodishala C, Hulshizer CA, Kronzer VL, Davis JM 3rd, Ramanan VK, Vassilaki M, Mielke MM, Crowson CS, Myasoedova E. Risk Factors for Dementia in Patients With Incident Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Population-Based Cohort Study. J Rheumatol. 2023 Jan; 50 (1):48-55 Epub 2022 July 15
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  21. Kronzer VL, Dykhoff HJ, Stevens MA, Myasoedova E, Davis JM 3rd, Crowson CS. Racial Differences in Multimorbidity and Comorbidities in Rheumatoid Arthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2023 Jan; 75 (1):76-84 Epub 2022 Oct 31
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  22. Samhouri BF, Vassallo R, Achenbach SJ, Kronzer VL, Davis JM 3rd, Myasoedova E, Crowson CS. Incidence, Risk Factors, and Mortality of Clinical and Subclinical Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease: A Population-Based Cohort. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2022 Dec; 74 (12):2042-2049 Epub 2022 Aug 10
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  23. Kronzer VL, Lennon RJ, Sparks JA, Myasoedova E, Davis JM, Crowson CS. Association between work physical activity, dietary factors, and risk of rheumatoid arthritis. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2022 Dec; 57:152100 Epub 2022 Sept 19
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  24. McDermott G, Gill R, Gagne S, Byrne S, Huang W, Cui J, Prisco L, Zaccardelli A, Martin L, Kronzer VL, Moll M, Cho MH, Shadick N, Dellaripa PF, Doyle T, Sparks JA. Associations of the MUC5B promoter variant with timing of interstitial lung disease and rheumatoid arthritis onset. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2022 Nov 28; 61 (12):4915-4923
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  25. Kronzer VL, Davis JM 3rd, Crowson CS. Epidemiologic Opportunities and Challenges in Studying Environmental Risk Factors for Rheumatic Diseases. Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 2022 Nov; 48 (4):763-779 Epub 2022 Oct 01
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  26. McDermott G, Gill R, Gagne S, Byrne S, Huang W, Wang X, Prisco LC, Zaccardelli A, Martin LW, Masto L, Kronzer VL, Shadick N, Dellaripa PF, Doyle TJ, Sparks JA. Demographic, Lifestyle, and Serologic Risk Factors for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)-associated Bronchiectasis: Role of RA-related Autoantibodies. J Rheumatol. 2022 Jul; 49 (7):672-679 Epub 2022 Mar 15
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  27. Kronzer VL, Huang W, Zaccardelli A, Crowson CS, Davis JM 3rd, Vassallo R, Doyle TJ, Losina E, Sparks JA. Association of Sinusitis and Upper Respiratory Tract Diseases With Incident Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Case-control Study. J Rheumatol. 2022 Apr; 49 (4):358-364 Epub 2021 Oct 15
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  28. Kronzer VL, Westerlind H, Alfredsson L, Crowson CS, Klareskog L, Holmqvist M, Askling J. Allergic conditions and risk of rheumatoid arthritis: a Swedish case-control study. RMD Open. 2022 Feb; 8 (1)
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  29. Kronzer VL, Huang W, Crowson CS, DavisIII JM, Vassallo R, Doyle TJ, Losina E, Sparks JA. Timing of sinusitis and other respiratory tract diseases and risk of rheumatoid arthritis. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2022 Feb; 52:151937 Epub 2021 Dec 31
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  30. Myasoedova E, Davis JM 3rd, Kronzer VL, Giblon RE, Atkinson EJ, LeBrasseur NK, Crowson CS. The point of no return? Functional disability transitions in patients with and without rheumatoid arthritis: A population-based cohort study. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2022 Feb; 52:151941 Epub 2021 Dec 31
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  31. Crowson CS, Gunderson TM, Dykhoff HJ, Myasoedova E, Atkinson EJ, Kronzer VL, Coffey CM, Davis Iii JM. Comprehensive assessment of multimorbidity burden in a population-based cohort of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. RMD Open. 2022 Jan; 8 (1)
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  32. Prisco L, Moll M, Wang J, Hobbs BD, Huang W, Martin LW, Kronzer VL, Huang S, Silverman EK, Doyle TJ, Cho MH, Sparks JA. Relationship Between Rheumatoid Arthritis and Pulmonary Function Measures on Spirometry in the UK Biobank. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2021 Nov; 73 (11):1994-2002 Epub 2021 Sept 26
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  33. Sparks JA, Wallace ZS, Seet AM, Gianfrancesco MA, Izadi Z, Hyrich KL, Strangfeld A, Gossec L, Carmona L, Mateus EF, Lawson-Tovey S, Trupin L, Rush S, Katz P, Schmajuk G, Jacobsohn L, Wise L, Gilbert EL, Duarte-Garcia A, Valenzuela-Almada MO, Pons-Estel GJ, Isnardi CA, Berbotto GA, Hsu TY, D'Silva KM, Patel NJ, Kearsley-Fleet L, Schafer M, Ribeiro SLE, Al Emadi S, Tidblad L, Scire CA, Raffeiner B, Thomas T, Flipo RM, Avouac J, Seror R, Bernardes M, Cunha MM, Hasseli R, Schulze-Koops H, Muller-Ladner U, Specker C, Souza VA, Mota LMHD, Gomides APM, Dieude P, Nikiphorou E, Kronzer VL, Singh N, Ugarte-Gil MF, Wallace B, Akpabio A, Thomas R, Bhana S, Costello W, Grainger R, Hausmann JS, Liew JW, Sirotich E, Sufka P, Robinson PC, Machado PM, Yazdany J, COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance. Associations of baseline use of biologic or targeted synthetic DMARDs with COVID-19 severity in rheumatoid arthritis: Results from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician registry. Ann Rheum Dis. 2021 Sep; 80 (9):1137-1146 Epub 2021 May 28
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  34. Kronzer VL, Crowson CS, Davis JM 3rd, Vassilaki M, Mielke MM, Myasoedova E. Trends in incidence of dementia among patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A population-based cohort study. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2021 Aug; 51 (4):853-857 Epub 2021 June 15
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  35. Kronzer VL, Leasure EL, Halvorsen AJ, Oxentenko AS, Bonnes SL. Effect of Resident Gender and Surname Origin on Clinical Load: Observational Cohort Study in an Internal Medicine Continuity Clinic. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 May; 36 (5):1237-1243 Epub 2020 Oct 19
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  36. Kronzer VL, Huang W, Dellaripa PF, Huang S, Feathers V, Lu B, Iannaccone CK, Gill RR, Hatabu H, Nishino M, Crowson CS, Davis JM 3rd, Weinblatt ME, Shadick NA, Doyle TJ, Sparks JA. Lifestyle and Clinical Risk Factors for Incident Rheumatoid Arthritis-associated Interstitial Lung Disease. J Rheumatol. 2021 May; 48 (5):656-663 Epub 2020 Nov 15
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  37. Kronzer VL, Bridges SL Jr, Davis JM 3rd. Why women have more autoimmune diseases than men: An evolutionary perspective. Evol Appl. 2021 Mar; 14 (3):629-633 Epub 2020 Dec 01
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  38. Kronzer VL, Davis JM 3rd. Etiologies of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Update on Mucosal, Genetic, and Cellular Pathogenesis. Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2021 Mar 1; 23 (4):21 Epub 2021 Mar 01
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  39. Kronzer VL, Crowson CS, Sparks JA, Myasoedova E, Davis J 3rd. Family History of Rheumatic, Autoimmune, and Nonautoimmune Diseases and Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2021 Feb; 73 (2):180-187
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  40. Kronzer VL, Westerlind H, Alfredsson L, Crowson CS, Nyberg F, Tornling G, Klareskog L, Holmqvist M, Askling J. Respiratory Diseases as Risk Factors for Seropositive and Seronegative Rheumatoid Arthritis and in Relation to Smoking. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2021 Jan; 73 (1):61-68 Epub 2020 Dec 04
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  41. Huang S, Kronzer VL, Dellaripa PF, Deane KD, Bolster MB, Nagaraja V, Khanna D, Doyle TJ, Sparks JA. Rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease: Current update on prevalence, risk factors, and pharmacologic treatment. Curr Treatm Opt Rheumatol. 2020 Dec; 6(4):337-353. Epub 2020 Sep 01.
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  42. Kronzer VL, Tarabochia AD, Lobo Romero AS, Tan NY, O'Byrne TJ, Crowson CS, Turley TN, Myasoedova E, Davis JM 3rd, Raphael CE, Gulati R, Hayes SN, Tweet MS. Lack of Association of Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection With Autoimmune Disease. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020 Nov 10; 76 (19):2226-2234
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  43. Kronzer VL, Wang L, Liu H, Davis JM, Sparks JA, Crowson CS. Investigating the impact of disease and health record duration on the eMERGE algorithm for rheumatoid arthritis. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2020 Apr 1; 27 (4):601-605
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  44. Kronzer VL, Crowson CS, Sparks JA, Myasoedova E, Davis JM 3rd. Comorbidities As Risk Factors for Rheumatoid Arthritis and Their Accrual After Diagnosis. Mayo Clin Proc. 2019 Dec; 94 (12):2488-2498 Epub 2019 Nov 20
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  45. Strutz PK, Kronzer V, Tzeng W, Arrington B, McKinnon SL, Ben Abdallah A, Haroutounian S, Avidan MS. The relationship between obstructive sleep apnoea and postoperative delirium and pain: an observational study of a surgical cohort. Anaesthesia. 2019 Dec; 74 (12):1542-1550 Epub 2019 Sept 18
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  46. Kronzer VL, Crowson CS, Sparks JA, Vassallo R, Davis JM 3rd. Investigating Asthma, Allergic Disease, Passive Smoke Exposure, and Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2019 Aug; 71 (8):1217-1224 Epub 2019 July 01
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  47. Kronzer VL, Larson DP, Crowson CS, Warrington KJ, Ytterberg SR, Makol A, Koster MJ. Occurrence and aetiology of gastrointestinal perforation in patients with vasculitis. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2019 Mar-Apr; 37 Suppl 117 (2):32-39 Epub 2019 Jan 09
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  48. Sadiq F, Kronzer VL, Wildes TS, McKinnon SL, Sharma A, Helsten DL, Scheier LM, Avidan MS, Ben Abdallah A. Frailty Phenotypes and Relations With Surgical Outcomes: A Latent Class Analysis. Anesth Analg. 2018 Oct; 127 (4):1017-1027
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  49. Strutz P, Tzeng W, Arrington B, Kronzer V, McKinnon S, Ben Abdallah A, Haroutounian S, Avidan MS. Obstructive sleep apnea as an independent predictor of postoperative delirium and pain: protocol for an observational study of a surgical cohort. F1000Res. 2018; 7:328 Epub 2018 Mar 15
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  50. Kronzer VL, Jerry MR, Ben Abdallah A, Wildes TS, McKinnon SL, Sharma A, Avidan MS. Changes in quality of life after elective surgery: an observational study comparing two measures. Qual Life Res. 2017 Aug; 26 (8):2093-2102 Epub 2017 Mar 29
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  51. Cui V, Tedeschi CM, Kronzer VL, McKinnon SL, Avidan MS. Protocol for an observational study of delirium in the post-anaesthesia care unit (PACU) as a potential predictor of subsequent postoperative delirium. BMJ Open. 2017 Jul 10; 7 (7):e016402 Epub 2017 July 10
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  52. Kronzer VL, Wildes TM, Stark SL, Avidan MS. Review of perioperative falls. Br J Anaesth. 2016 Dec; 117 (6):720-732
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  53. Kronzer VL, Jerry MR, Ben Abdallah A, Wildes TS, Stark SL, McKinnon SL, Helsten DL, Sharma A, Avidan MS. Preoperative Falls Predict Postoperative Falls, Functional Decline, and Surgical Complications. EBioMedicine. 2016 Oct; 12:302-308 Epub 2016 Aug 26
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  54. Kronzer VL, Ben Abdallah A, McKinnon SL, Wildes TS, Avidan MS. Ability of preoperative falls to predict postsurgical outcomes in non-selected patients undergoing elective surgery at an academic medical centre: protocol for a prospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 2016 Sep 21; 6 (9):e011570 Epub 2016 Sept 21
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  55. Kronzer VL, Tang RD, Schelble AP, Ben Abdallah A, Wildes TS, McKinnon SL, Sadiq F, Lin N, Helsten DL, Sharma A, Stark SL, Avidan MS. Preoperative Falls and Their Association with Functional Dependence and Quality of Life. Anesthesiology. 2016 Aug; 125 (2):322-32
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  56. Kronzer VL. Screening for health literacy is not the answer. BMJ. 2016 Jul 5; 354:i3699 Epub 2016 July 05
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  57. Kronzer VL, Jerry MR, Avidan MS. Assessing change in patient-reported quality of life after elective surgery: protocol for an observational comparison study. F1000Res. 2016; 5:976 Epub 2016 May 24
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